Transit 2010, Volume 1

TRB’s Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2143 includes 21 papers that explore network connectivity; bus schedule adherence; soft costs in major fixed guideway projects; data-processing framework for transit performance analysis; referenda and funding options; subway productivity, profitability, and performance; bus dwell time; short headway transit services; and travel time variability on bus rapid transit systems.

This issue of the TRR also examines bus system overcrowding; service reliability measurement using automated fare card data; rail transit preferences of commuters, holiday and leisure travelers, business travelers, and shoppers; estimating generalized cost of transit travel time; demand for a major bicycle-sharing program; estimating greenhouse gas emissions from public transit vehicles; instant ridesharing with transfer hub; mitigating excessive idling of transit buses; impact of carsharing on vehicle ownership; bikesharing; and global positioning system integrated with personalized real-time transit information from automatic vehicle location.